DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,528

SARA LEE CORPORATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO, CROSSFIRE, KELLY,
K-FORCE, LABOR READY STAFFING, RANDSTAD, RGP, RHI,
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY, SELECT STAFFING, SNELLING STAFFING,
TEKSYSTEMS, THE BRIGHTON GROUP, TRASYS, VIP STAFFING, AND
WORKFORCE TEMPS
MASON, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 22, 2010 on behalf of workers of Sara Lee
Corporation, Information Technology Department, Mason, Ohio
(Sara Lee). The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Adecoo, Crossfire, Kelly, K-Force, Labor Ready Staffing,
Randstad, RGP, RHI, Sapphire Technology, Select Staffing,
Snelling Staffing, TekSystems, The Brighton Group, TraSys, VIP
Staffing, and Workforce Temps. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the provision of information technology
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sara Lee who are
engaged in activities related to the provision of information
technology services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from the Philippines and India services like or
directly competitive with the services provided by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information technology services shift from a foreign country
by Sara Lee contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sara Lee Corporation,
Information Technology Department, Mason, Ohio, including on-
site leased workers from Adecoo, Crossfire, Kelly, K-Force,
Labor Ready Staffing, Randstad, RGP, RHI, Sapphire Technology,
Select Staffing, Snelling Staffing, TekSystems, The Brighton
Group, TraSys, VIP Staffing, and Workforce Temps, who are
engaged in activities related to the provision of information
technology services meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:







"All workers of Sara Lee Corporation, Information
Technology Department, Mason, Ohio, Wisconsin, including
on-site leased workers from Adecoo, Crossfire, Kelly, K-
Force, Labor Ready Staffing, Randstad, RGP, RHI, Sapphire
Technology, Select Staffing, Snelling Staffing,
TekSystems, The Brighton Group, TraSys, VIP Staffing, and
Workforce Temps, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 3, 2009, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of May, 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance